''Engineering Infinity'' is a

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edited by

Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...

. It was nominated for a

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for Best Anthology in 2012.

The anthology includes 15 stories: * "Beyond the Gernsback Continuum ..." by Jonathan Strahan (Introduction) * "Malak" by Peter Watts (short story) * "Watching the Music Dance" by

Kristine Kathryn Rusch Kristine Kathryn Rusch (born June 4, 1960) is an American writer and editor. She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy literature, fantasy, Mystery fiction, mystery, Romance novel, romance, and m ...

(short story) * " Laika's Ghost" ( Gennady Malianov series) by

Karl Schroeder Karl Schroeder () (born September 4, 1962) is a Canadian science fiction author and a professional futurist. His novels present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality, and interstellar travel, an ...

(novelette) * "The Invasion of Venus" by Stephen Baxter (short story) * "The Server and the Dragon" by

Hannu Rajaniemi Hannu Rajaniemi (born 9 March 1978) is a Finnish American author of science fiction and fantasy, who writes in both English and Finnish. He lives in Oakland, California, and was a founding director of a commercial research organisation ThinkTan ...

(short story) * "

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" ('' Saturn's Children'') by

Charles Stross Charles David George "Charlie" Stross (born 18 October 1964) is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy. Stross specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. Between 1994 and 2004, he was also an active writer for the magazine '' ...

(novelette) * "Creatures with Wings" by

Kathleen Ann Goonan Kathleen Ann Goonan (May 14, 1952 – January 28, 2021)Kathleen Ann Goonan (1952–2021)

(novelette) * "Walls of Flesh, Bars of Bone" by

Damien Broderick Damien Francis Broderick (born 22 April 1944) is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books. His science fiction novel ''The Dreaming Dragons'' (1980) introduced the trope of the generation time machine ...

and Barbara Lamar (novelette) * "Mantis" by

Robert Reed Robert Reed (born John Robert Rietz Jr.; October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor. He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama '' The Defenders'' from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as the ...

(novelette) * "Judgement Eve" by John C. Wright (novelette) * "A Soldier of the City" by

David Moles David Moles is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He won the 2008 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for his novelette "Finisterra," which was also a finalist for the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. He was a finalist for the 2004 ...

(novelette) * "Mercies" by

Gregory Benford Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of ''Reason ...

(novelette) * "The Ki-anna" by Gwyneth Jones (novelette) * ''The Birds and the Bees and the Gasoline Trees'' by

John Barnes John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE (born 7 November 1963) is a former professional football player and manager. He currently works as an author, commentator and pundit for ESPN and SuperSport. Initially a quick, skilful left winger, he moved to cent ...

(novella)

Critical reception

''Engineering Infinity'' was nominated for a

for Best Anthology in 2012.

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* * {{isfdb contents, 332397, title=Engineering Infinity, issue=(2010) 2010 anthologies Science fiction anthologies 2010s science fiction works Solaris Books books

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